Re:White House announces 25 percent tariff on Chinese tech g...
by atomi on Friday June 15, 2018 @03:43PM
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I think you might be right. Cars, computers, TVs seem to be big imports. But America does not produce all of it's own rare earth metals so manufacturing some products without also increasing raw material production could be an issue - if our goal is to decrease reliance on other countries.
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Re:White House announces 25 percent tariff on Chinese tech g...
by stcredzero on Friday June 15, 2018 @04:24PM
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But America does not produce all of it's own rare earth metals so manufacturing some products without also increasing raw material production could be an issue - if our goal is to decrease reliance on other countries.
We have domestic rare earth metal resources. Right now, we don't mine it here, because it's too expensive to get rid of the resulting Thorium. If there was only a market for that stuff...
Re:White House announces 25 percent tariff on Chinese tech g...
by seanmcdirmid on Friday June 15, 2018 @04:34PM
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The USA doesn’t mine it because refining it is economically not competitive compared to Chinese producers who give a damn about pollution laws.
Re:White House announces 25 percent tariff on Chinese tech g...
by orf on Friday June 15, 2018 @07:33PM
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Not sure if Trump and his appointees do either
Re:White House announces 25 percent tariff on Chinese tech g...
by seanmcdirmid on Friday June 15, 2018 @07:51PM
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Trump is just one president against a well-established Nixonian institution. He might be able to do damage, but we won't get to China-level pollution in just one term.